Sandbox Studio Moving to 67K SF at 55 Water Street
By Terence Cullen July 15, 2015 6:00 pm
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Sandbox Studio has signed a lease for 67,706 square feet at 55 Water Street, Commercial Observer has learned.
The photo company is taking the whole third floor-plus for its office, studio and post-production space, according to CBRE, which represented both sides in the deal. Post-production space will be on a partial lower level.
Asking rent in the 16-year lease was $50 per square foot. The studio is slated to move to 55 Water Street two miles away at 250 Hudson Street in April 2016.
“The economics of the transaction compared to those in the Hudson Square neighborhood were compelling,” said Joel Wechsler of CBRE in a statement. “Sandbox is very excited to join the ever increasing community of creative firms that have located in the FiDi community.”
Mr. Wechsler, Matt Bergey and Nathan Katz of CBRE represented Sandbox Studio, while Brad Gerla, Howard Fiddle, Evan Haskell and Mary Ann Tighe represented landlord New Water Street Corp.
The building has attracted big-name tenants to hefty chunks of space in the last few months, as CO has previously reported. Hugo Boss announced in November it was leasing 73,690 square feet for the entire 48th floor plus a partial sublevel of the 53-story building. Hunter Roberts Construction Group, a construction services company, also inked a deal late last year to move into 37,000 square feet of the 3.6-million-square-foot building.
